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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1874

462 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 24

Shocking Railway Accidents

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1874 · page 2

A terrible accident occurred early on that the 29th November on the Midland Railway at 87 a station about five miles north of Leicester, mail train from London to the north, due at Leicester…

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Serious Accident in the Harbour This Day

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1874 · page 2

ABOUT 10 o'clock this wording four young men, respectively named A. Le Forestier, aged 24, Thomas Bowse, 24 (both Frenchmen), and Joseph and Frederick Cohen, the former of whom is 26,…

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The Late Fatal Accident in the Yarra

Empire · Friday 6 February 1874 · page 2

THE Melbourne Coroner, Dr. Youl, held an inquest on the 27th January, at the Morgue, upon the Unfortunate young man james Wade, aged thirty years, who was drowned on Saturday last in…

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Late English News. Terrible Collision at Sea. Two Hundred and Twenty-six Lives Lost

Empire · Saturday 7 February 1874 · page 3

Papers to hand by the Tartar, steamship, up to date 5th December, have been received at Melbourne. News has been received of one of the most…

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Shocking Railway Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1874 · page 8
Also in Empire

A terrible accident occurred early on the morning of the 29th November on the Midland Railway at Syston, a station about five miles north of Leicester. The mail train from London to the north, due at Leicester at half past 11,…

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Serious Accident in the Harbour

Empire · Saturday 7 February 1874 · page 2

ABOUT 10 o'clock yesterday, four young men, respectively named A. Le Forestier, aged 24, Thomas Bowse, 24 (both Frenchmen), and Joseph and Frederick Collen, the former of whom is 26,…

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Fatal Accident near the Heads. One Man Drowned

Evening News · Monday 9 February 1874 · page 2

THE following memorandum was received this morning by inspector Ferris from the signal station on the South Head:—"The fishing boat Mermaid was capsized and sank off Deewy…

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Coroner's Court, This Day. Death from Drowning

Evening News · Tuesday 10 February 1874 · page 2

The City Coroner held an inquest at the Observer Tavern, George-street north, on the body of a boy named Ryan, who was found drowned on the proceeding evening at the Circular Quay…

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Fatal Accident Near the Heads

Empire · Tuesday 10 February 1874 · page 3

THE following memorandum was received yesterday morning by inspector Ferris from the sighal station on the South Head:—"The fishing boat Mermaid waa capsized and sank off Deewy…

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Ten Men drowned

Evening News · Thursday 12 February 1874 · page 2

On Saturday 30th December, a terrible accident happened in the Thames, near Sunbury, at the new water-works which are in progress there. A very large number of navvies are employed on the works, who live…

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Ten Men Drowned

Empire · Friday 13 February 1874 · page 2

On Saturday, 30th December, a terrible accident hap pened in the Thames, near Sunbury, at the new waterworks which are in progress there. A very large number of navvies are employed on the works, who live…

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Ten Men Drowned

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 February 1874 · page 11

On Saturday, 30th December, a terrible accident happened in the Thames, near Sunbury, at the new waterworks which are in progress there. A very large number of navvies are employed on the works, who live…

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Extraordinary Fatality among Horses in England

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 February 1874 · page 15

IN reference to the outbreak of a fatal disease among stock on a farm at Stoke-sub-Hambdon, or Stoke underHam, near Yeovil, a correspondent has forwarded the following extract from the Sherborne ournal:—…

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Terrible Collision at Sea—two Hundred and Sixteen Lives Lost

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1874 · page 208

News has been received of one of the most terrible catastrophes which have happened at sea during laie years, paralleled only by the wreck of the ill-fated Northfleet, in the early part of the present year. At 2 o'clock on the…

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Terrible Collision at Sea. Two Hundred and Twenty-six Lives Lost

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 February 1874 · page 13

Papers to hand by the Tartar, steamship, up to date 5th December, have been received at Melbourne. News has been received of one of the most…

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Shocking Accident to a Bride and Bridegroom

Evening News · Saturday 14 February 1874 · page 3

On Tuesday, an unfortunate accident happened at Leamington to a bridal party. The bride is the second daughter of the the Rev. T. A. Codd, lately Vicar of Tachbrooke, and now resident at Evelode Villa,…

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Serious Accident in the Harbour

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 February 1874 · page 9

ABOUT 10 o'clock on Friday, four young men, respectively named A. Le Forestier, aged 24, Thomas Bowse, 24 (both Frenchmen), and Joseph and Frederick Cohen, the former of whom is 26,…

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Fatal Accident near the Heads

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 February 1874 · page 9

THE following memorandum was received on Monday morning by inspector Ferris from the signal station on the South Head:—"The fishing boat Mermaid was capsized and sank off Deewy…

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Shocking Accident to a Bride and Bridegroom

Empire · Monday 16 February 1874 · page 3

ON Tuesday, an unfortunate accident happendat Leamington ot a bridal party. The bride is the second daughter of the the Rev. T. A. Codd, lately Vicar of Tachrooke, and now resident at Evelode Villa,…

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